Legal Opinion
City of Pittsburgh v. Estate of Stahlman
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 6, 1996PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
Before us is an interlocutory order certified by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) regarding whether a failure to undertake a duty to inspect for building and fire code violations falls within the real property exception to governmental immunity.
Chris Stahlman and Linda McCutcheon were in an apartment Stahlman leased located at 220 Taylor Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when the building caught fire. As a result of the fire, Stahlman died and McCut-cheon was seriously injured. McCutcheon brought suit against Stahlman’s estate1 and the City of…
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- Farber v. Pennsbury School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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